Welcome
Welcome to the Flash Magic site, where you can find information, help and resources.
Flash Magic is a PC tool for programming flash based microcontrollers from NXP using a serial or Ethernet protocol while in the target hardware.
Screenshots (Windows Version)
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Main window
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Blank check
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Display memory
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Go
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Hex file info
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Signature
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Start bootloader
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Advanced options - timeouts
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Advanced options - hardware config
Features
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| Straightforward and intuitive user interface |  |
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| Five simple steps to erasing and programming a device and setting key options | |
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| Programs Intel Hex Files | |
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| Automatic verifying after programming | |
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| Fills unused Flash to increase firmware security | |
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| Automatically program checksums. Using the supplied checksum calculation routine your firmware can easily verify the integrity of a Flash block, ensuring no unauthorized or corrupted code can ever be executed | |
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| Program security bits | |
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| Check which Flash blocks are blank or in use with the ability to easily erase all blocks in use | |
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| Read any section of Flash and save as an Intel Hex File | |
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| Reprogram the Boot Vector and Status Byte with the help of confirmation features that prevent accidentally programming incorrect values | |
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| Display the contents of Flash in ASCII and Hexadecimal formats | |
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| Single-click access to the manual, Flash Magic home page and NXP Microcontrollers home page | |
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| Use high-speed serial communications on devices that support it. | |
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| Command Line interface allowing use in IDEs and Batch Files | |
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| Manual in PDF format | |
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| Supports half-duplex communications for many devices | |
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| Verify Hex Files previously programmed | |
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| Save and open settings | |
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| Control the DTR and RTS RS232 signals to place the device into BootROM and Execute modes automatically (requires hardware support) | |
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| Send commands to place the device in Bootloader mode | |
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| Play any Wave file when finished programming | |
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| Powerful, flexible Just In Time Code feature. Write your own JIT Modules to generate last minute code for programming, for example serial number generation. | |
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| Displays information about the selected Hex File, including the creation and modification dates, flash memory used, percentage of the current device used | |
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| Ethernet bootloader for LPC1xxx/LPC2xxx devices | |
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| Support programming certain LPC1xxx/LPC2xxx devices via Ethernet | |
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| Read the device signature | |
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| Can Be Used On A Production Line | Read license |
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| Python based scripting interface for production line programming and test | |
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| Build your own Flash Magic based applications using the DLLs for C, C++, Python | |
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| Build your own Flash Magic based applications using .NET languages (Windows only) | |
Requirements
Flash Magic works on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10. 10Mb of disk space is required.